trust you dont know how annoying she is. LO is 6 months old nearly and she refuses to call her by her name. its either IT or BABY.
OH said to her the other week after she called her it her names kacey and her reply was NO she's baby.
she is soooooo annoying i really cant stand her[/quote]

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Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:10 pm

xashleyx

ED MEGA BABE

Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:01 pmPosts: 2648Location: aberdeenshire

i think they are a god send, as a comforter, charlie had one until he was 1 1/2 and he was no problem gettng it of him, sophie still has hers but only when she goes to bed, it helps calm her down!

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Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:10 pm

bernadette1980

Joined: Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:56 pmPosts: 0

kaceysmummy wrote:

thank u all for your repliesi also feel the people that have an opinon on it also dont like the fact i am on 20.

my LO wouldnt take to one at first and i only brought the dummies when they were on offer in asda baby eventeven my dad disagrees with her havin one and my OH mother (well dont even get me started on her LOL) took it off her the other week when i gave it her ready for her nap. this really annoyed me and my OH wouldnt do anything about it

sorry about rabbling on. sure most of you dont want to hear this

dont let them get to you aslong as you feel your doing right then thats all that matters the saying mum knows best is true . personally i cant think of any reason why people could critisics dummies the majority of babies that dont have dummies end up sucking there thumbs which is cute when there small my cousins 23 and still sucks hers thats not so cute and babies do only use them for comfort in my experience you cant force one on a baby if they dont want it they simply wont have it and yes they do keep them quiet but only if thats all they need if there crying for any other reason theyll carry on crying regardless iykwim

Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:10 pm

kaceysmummy

Joined: Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:53 amPosts: 0Location: Hereford

Sannie wrote:

I personaly think it depends on the individal child what is right and would not rule out a dummie from th beginning and go with the flow what suits my baby

I have read a couple of times that there ae studies who suggest that dummies could help to prevent cot death - don't know how much truth in that but intresting

i was told 2 give blarye one by my hv coz she was using me for comfort but she neva took 2 it. she uses her bottle for comfort now. sumtimes she just likes 2 sit with it in her mouth nd i have to put her 2 bed with 1 nd have 1 ready for in the night for her. it would be much easier if she would have a dummie. i dont have a problem with them. if its going to help u nd ur baby then y not. i'll deffo have sum in for when little man comes.

Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:29 pm

zoenmatt4eva

Joined: Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:23 amPosts: 0

Lewis still has a dummy n he nearly 3 n kiera barely 2 there a god send at times but I can't seem to get kiera or lewis off em plus it's much easy when they hav them lol altho tomoz I'm gonna take them off em as they hav em all day n hav em to bed but they always fall put of there mouths next time I have another baby I won't be givin he/she a dummy as I'm too soft when it comes to takin them off them xxx

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Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:30 pm

beautifulnightmare

Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:04 pmPosts: 0

GODSEND!!!!!

They helped massively while Shaun had colic too. They helped him settle and still do.

My nephew wasn't allowed a dummy and sucks his fingers, and he has hard patches of skin on them where hes sucked them raw at times!

Babies will find SOMETHING for comfort - be it a dummy, their fingers, mommys breast or a manky sheet! lolol!

xx

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Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:34 pm

Emabell

Joined: Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:19 amPosts: 0

When I was a baby my mum and dad didn't want me to have a dummy so I used to suck my thumb instead. As you can imagine it's a lot more difficult to separate a child from it's thumb than it is to remove a dummy. I'm all for dummies

They helped massively while Shaun had colic too. They helped him settle and still do.

My nephew wasn't allowed a dummy and sucks his fingers, and he has hard patches of skin on them where hes sucked them raw at times!Babies will find SOMETHING for comfort - be it a dummy, their fingers, mommys breast or a manky sheet! lolol!

xx

Alex does that with his fingers he's only 17 weeks and both his index fingers are red and dry, through the night he must think they're a boobie and he sucks them.

Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:39 pm

chez23

Joined: Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:47 amPosts: 0Location: norfolk

well so far all 3 of mine had one!

the older 2 gave there's up just after a year
but caitlin still has one for bed but i think she holds it more than suck it! lol

Logan love his! he chews the ring as he teething at mo!

but i do think its each to there own!

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Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:48 pm

chez23

Joined: Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:47 amPosts: 0Location: norfolk

well so far all 3 of mine had one!

the older 2 gave there's up just after a year
but caitlin still has one for bed but i think she holds it more than suck it! lol

Logan love his! he chews the ring as he teething at mo!

but i do think its each to there own!

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Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:49 pm

hayley87

Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:48 pmPosts: 0Location: Southampton

I don't see anything wrong with them. My Mum said I never wanted one when I was a baby but if my baby does and it helps to comfort/settle her then I will give her one.

Don't listen to others if they tell you that your wrong, if it makes your baby happy then surely its a good thing.

All I would say is I personally don't like to see kids that are about 4 years old walking around with a dummy in their mouth!

xx

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Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:06 am

hannaraurus

Joined: Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:12 pmPosts: 0

I hated the idea of them... i truely did, thought they were for lazy parents, and good grief i couldnt have been more wrong!!!

Ella used to fish for something to suck on CONSTANTLY for, in hospital i got told to let her suck on my little finger and for a week that was all i had, had to sleep with my hand in the moses basket!

tried her on a dummy we got free with our steriliser and had shoved in a drawer and we had the first proper sleep... it was bliss!

took it off her on her 1st birthday and didnt have any trouble at all, she was too into everything else to notice.

this time we were preparedand bought some but Martha wont acknowledge them at all...

so i think everychild is different and if you do hate the idea accept the fact that when your desperate you will try anything and if the last resort is a dummy the so be it

Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:23 am

Nishi

Joined: Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:45 pmPosts: 0

Baby No. 3 wrote:

lol with your MIL its not about the dummy its just cos she's a mil and generally most are sent to annoy us, especially over our first child. They turn into control freaks.